Zuckerberg in two more years
Well, crap. I went to post Balls of Fury Friday and it had been taken down from Tubi. And everywhere. So, an emergency fill-in has been chosen! This movie is ALSO one of my guilty pleasures. Like many of the other films I have posted lately, it is directed and written by the same guy. In this case, the multi-talented Keenan Ivory Wayans. He did this long before In Living Color, and in fact this was the third film he wrote. This was his first film that wasn’t just a TV movie either, which is a whole different ball game on pacing and writing. Really impressive.
So what is tonight’s film about? Since this is a quick post, I am going to be lazy and quote IMDB, which in turn stole from lisakoffler1967@gmail.com:
Jack Spade returns home from the army in his old ghetto neighborhood when his brother, Junebug dies from O.G. – over gold. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crime lord. His army is led by John Slade, his childhood idol who used to fight bad guys in the ’70s.
Yes, this is a parody of many, many blacksploitation movies. How many can you spot? Let me know in the comments!
Keenan already had some good pull in Hollywood by this time and he got a number of blacksploitation all-stars to be in this film. That includes Bernie Casey, Antonio Fargas, Isaac Hayes, Jim Brown and more. Keenan made this film for 3 million, and made it all back in the first month. This film grew legs on cable TV and became an American legend shortly after that. So I will be surprised if anyone hasn’t seen this at least once.
So watch! Or don’t! Everything is voluntary! If you don’t like it, you can always talk about the proper lawn mowing height for St. Augustine grass, or any other subject you desire. Next week, we celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of GlibFlicks! Yes! Four years of movie posts on Thursdays. And I will commemorate the occasion by posting a very special film that encapsulates everything about GlibFlicks in one word: Suck.
Help! Tubi Doesn’t Work! Communists are Running Through my Neighborhood!
Calm down, Tubi works. You have to plug in the TV first. As for the communists, you might want to buy a helicopter. I have been told this is the best way to dispose of commies. If you still need help, our crack team of Glibs on crack is standing by to help. BY HELP MEAN…
*hits play*
Maybe I should have posted Bigfoot and Wild Boy as the main link instead of the secret one. It’s pretty awesome.
I looked at this and it seemed to be exclusively populated by Negroes. Was that an artistic statement?
Yes. Click on the “BY HELP MEAN…” It might be more your interest.
Not exclusively. One guy has a white wife, played by…. Well, I’ll let you find out for yourself.
Nice!
For those wondering.
https://www.wsj.com/style/fashion/mark-zuckerberg-meta-gold-chain-outfits-76533bb2?st=tauizyktf183lzl&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Thanks. Was my link bad?
No, I didn’t notice it was linked!
Great minds and all…
Disappointed it’s not a razor blade necklace. Would complement the Jew-fro nicely.
So I will be surprised if anyone hasn’t seen this at least once.
I remember seeing it when “In Living Color” was big. Time to watch again….
I’ve seen it more times than I can remember. Love this movie!
This was on heavy rotation in the barracks when I was in the Marines. Everyone liked it and laughed.
For CPRM to add into Hat and Hair:
https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/uranus-apparel/make-uranus-great-again-hat-navy/
They are selling some Walz camo hat and declaring it “the best political hat ever”. Maybe The Hat will go after the camo hat like Mr. Big.
Oooo! Hear that CPRM? Free plot advice.
The Hat is gonna get ambushed by the Camo Hat?
I’m still giggling that Walz’s phone call with Kamala had him wearing shoes that were so white they could be seen on the ISS. Yeah, when he isn’t doing gov shit, he’s out there in the barn.
And before anyone thinks the removal of Balls of Fury is a conspiracy theory, Pluto’s contract for the Jeopardy! (and, IIRC, Wheel of Fortune) channel ran out at the beginning of the month.
No, I don’t get the business side of all this, either.
Yeah. The only reason it bugged me is that I had written the post, it was ready to go. There was no 30 day warning or anything from Tubi. I had to pivot in an hour and throw this together.
Excellent recovery.
Yeah, I don’t think I saw it the one or two times I looked through Tubi’s “leaving soon” section in July.
Then again, I watch old movies, so my recent Tubi watches include things like Howard Hawks’ Barbary Coast.
Nice. Once I surrender you should take this column over and add some class to it. You already do a blog, right?
Interesting. Wonder what the severance deal looked like. No way they all three just up and quit at the same time.
3 Columbia University deans resign after ‘antisemitic tropes’ texts scandal: report
I imagine it was so much worse than the small piece that was found.
The House forced them to release all the text messages.
Stupid fucks did it on school phones. There is a PDF somewhere from them with the conversations.
https://edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/7.2.2024_columbia_texts_raw_.pdf
What a shit show. Five year olds running the world.
I laughed at the bedroom.
“They got government jobs…”
Whitey is something else…
R.J, is Gymkata?
It doesn’t seem to be on Tubi, but it looks hilarious.
Also, I watched Bananas and parts were funny, but Woody Allen’s humor just isn’t for me.
Although when he reveals himself to his ex after they had sex and she immediately says, “I knew something was missing!” was pretty funny.
I meant to ask if Gymkata was available anywhere.
It is not available streaming right now. If you ever want to determine if a movie is out there, use this:
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/gymkata
It’s really good. It will not tell you if a movie is on YouTube or Vimeo though. Or Internet Archive.
HELL. YES. I’ve only seen slivers of Gymkata. My bro and I were heavily into gymnastics growing up. State, regionals, bro did nat’l. That movie was considered sacrosanct, but I was never able to see it. (Older) bro and his friends would go off and do teen things while watching it. Six years younger, I wasn’t invited.
It’s burned into my mind as a childhood MacGuffin, it was so lauded by the older kids. Now, I’ve certainly seen parts of it, but never the whole thing. From what I have seen, it is remarkably bad. That is perfectly fitting.
Gymkata is a perfectly cromulent movie of its time. Was it as good as Best of the Best or Nor Retreat No Surrender 2? No. Was it better than American Ninja 4? Oh hells yes.
I shall add it to the list. Which I just updated for the Anniversary show, it’s in the forum.
Gymkata is AWESOME!
One of my buddies is a coach for the women’s gymnastics team at a local college. I made him watch it and he admitted that it was great.
One of my favorite scenes is when the Good Guy gets attached in an alley somewhere in Pakistan that conveniently has a pommel horse in the middle of it. The Good Guy uses the pommel horse to deliver a devastating attach on the horde of Bad Guys.
I am not making shit up
The musical act is a parody of scenes in Dolomite with Rudy Ray.
A paper clip to the eye will do that.
I gotta drop for the night, I’ll finish this tomorrow. Thanks RJ!
Thanks for coming!
Not cumming, just breathing heavily.
I have a confession, Glibs. My eyes aren’t really green.
I’m not really the lead signer for Bowling for Soup. It’s OK.
Lies!
Green eyes?
https://youtu.be/xBrsCcW4jFk
I imagine that Isaac Hayes sings in the car like that all the time.
Antonio Fargas looked like he almost broke his ankle on those stairs with those fishbowl shoes.
I’d like to thank R.J. for looking over my stuff for work. Him and my bro helped this Yankee in King America’s Court. So confusing, it frequently is to navigate.
From dead thread: I’ve officially accepted the offer. I’m to be a phlebotomist at Octapharma Plasma. God. DAMN I want a fucking business card w that shit. I think it’ll happen. I sound like an X-Man villain, one w fairly pre-specified powers. Eight-somethinged man/machine (I NAIL that part!) with obvious plasma blasters/powers or whatever wins.
I could think of many villainy names. I got stuck w food and time. Lick my love pump, cuz Springtime for Hitler’s up next.
This is excellent. I wish you the best!
“I’m to be a phlebotomist”
How did you manage that?
I studied, trained and passed the (mostly) nat’l NHCO exam and got certified. Most places want lots of experience, and hilariously, after much work I eventually snaked my way into a perfect fit: A plasma donation center. Not patients. (Usually poor) people who want money; ya do it; and ya both get paid. It’s a dream.
It’s in Irvington in Indy, not a wealthy place. People come in fresh or on a schedule to donate their plasma and get paid. I am shockingly good with folk and I’m going to do remarkably well there. I’m worried about the initial (lack of?) training on their donation beds and machinery. I hope to graduate to lab work, but I’ll be the donors’ favorite person to stick ’em.
This work can go in many directions. I’m curious as to how it all works out, with work starting on Monday, Aug. 19. Once I figure the machines out, everything will go quite smoothly, methinks. Four 10-hour shifts a week, w rotating schedules. Every other weekend ya get off.
Knave once again shows his utility. Successfully getting my foot in the door, I’ve graduated from educational factory work to the medical variety. I DO have to actually begin work, as I’ve never poked a non-student person before (on purpose), nor do I know how to operate a plasmapheresis machine. I’m gonna need to play with that bitch before I’m comfortable. Gotta get ya fingers to know what knob does what. Get the feel right.
Sounds too sexy. Phlebotomists perform venipunctures. Penis. Puncture. –> Venipuncture. Can’t be unseen. ‘Specially bein Ev.
I can do venipucture. But being a phlebotomist usually takes a year of school?
Not here or in the rest of the country, sans California, Maryland and two other states; they have their own tests for Certified Phlebotomists. It was a 12-day course. “If you poke, you GET poked.” So hands-on training, and I was shockingly good at some things, and predictably bad at tourniquets. (I suck at knots.)
Now, I get to do it to folk who are actively being rewarded for it, aren’t fucking patients, and are my sort o’ folk. I honestly think I’ll become a superstar there. Goofy to say, but it looks and feels like something I’ll grand slam when I’m up to bat. Hrm.
Two weeks in a row with movies I’ve seen!
This is a great movie. Including Boogie Down Productions providing his theme music 👍
But I’m going to continue to pitch Trancers
https://link.tubi.tv/fYVhH36oULb
That’s some quality trash. And Helen Hunt!
For a non crap movie I’d pitch The Hidden, but doesn’t look like it’s streaming
Pop Culture Crisis was cancelled today due to technical issues 🙁
Husband, XX, XY, mom, and I went out to dinner with bro and nephew. I am stuffed. I do not want to work. Somebody give me an excuse not to work.
Ok. All day Zoom Friday.
“I went out to dinner with bro”
Was that a first?
Oh, bravo. Where is he, anyway?
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/explosive-trap-toilet-restroom-arson-multiple-injuries-after-man-sets-under-seats-in-public-criminal-firework-explosion-bomb
Seriously, I do miss him.
Excellent, Tater!
Bro was on last night. He said I do not qualify as a yenta.
Correct. Non-yenta.
I agree.
“He said I do not qualify as a yenta.”
Pretty sure it’s (((yenta))) not [[[yenta]]] 🙂
LOL
I’m giggling. My first gig after college was with Andersen Consulting. I spent 3 weeks in St. Charles getting training on how to code and the classes were very international. Our group had a lot of Minnesodans and Brits in it.
One of the Minnesoda gals had a semi-local boyfriend (Chicago) and they went to lunch one day and she came back and declared “I’m stuffed”. None of us Minnesodans batted an eye, but all the Brits went wide-eyed and then started laughing uncontrollably.
Turns out stuffed means something else entirely in England. They thought she was commenting on the job her boyfriend had done to her.
I got my first matter since starting my law firm! It is from another firm I’ve worked with in the past, but it still counts! Hopefully it’s the first of many.
congrats
Go Trshy!
Sorry I missed this- you’ve hung your own shingle out? Huzzah all around!
Yeah, it’s a side gig. The plan has been cooking since my employer came thisclose to firing me for not taking the clot shot.
I’m doing business law, generally. Although, all of my local leads have been for non-business stuff.
Molto bene, trashy!
Go Trshy Go!
What’s a matter?
Congrats 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Legal_Matter
Also, https://youtu.be/1Igc5kXHNFE
What a matter for you?!?
What’s a matter
The alma mater of Rocky and Bullwinkle?
BoomBoom!
I greatly enjoy our journeys’ overlap into ‘new’ work. Kick ass and carry on, Minister of Trash!
So, how much is it for just one rib?
Morning, Glibs.
Good morning, U! How’s it going?
Well, I’ve made it to the office.
I still have to write up a performance plan for each of my direct reports and file the paperwork.
😖
Ugh. My big fun for the day is – guess what! – related to our PEO/payroll processor. The form of paid time off we have that’s intended for use when you’re sick is labeled “PTO” – separate from “Vacation.” We want “PTO” renamed “Sick Leave” but otherwise unchanged. They’re in the process of changing it, but I’m afraid they’re going to screw it up and zero out all employees’ balances. In the meantime, no one can see either PTO or “Sick” when they log in, and they want to use it this pay period! 😖
How are these payroll processors chosen, and why are they all so awful at it?
My old boss had a t-shirt from The Onion that said “You are stupid” and he was wearing it as we went to lunch for my annual performance review.
I didn’t even notice it, but as we walked pass a bus stop, a bag lady saw it and screamed at us “NO YOU ARE STUPID!!!!”
I’m still proud of myself because I didn’t miss a beat and asked my boss “Now that my review is over, do I still get lunch or not?”
We still shout NO YOU ARE STUPID at each other to this day.
We’ve been with the same outfit since we got rid of our awful HR Harpy several years ago. They’re an improvement of sorts over her, but we can’t seem to make them understand what we want and they seem to make simple things complicated.
I question his judgement.
I mean, he didn’t even fire you.
I question his judgement.
His judgement was terrible. As you said, not only did he not fire me, but he became a mentor for me. We still talk regularly 20+ years later.
He was as immature an asshole as I was. Somehow he was able to pretend to be an adult for short periods of time and became a manager. Was a beloved manager everywhere he went because he was secretly a normal person. Great to work for someone who admits its all bullshit and everyone is just there to collect a check.
@GT – Still, I don’t get how a company like that can get by if the idea of renaming a leave category leads to … issues.
I hope my snark to Jimbo didn’t get misconstrued.
@Jimbo – I have no idea how good I am as a manager. I got lucky with seven of my first eight subordinates in that they could basically be managed on autopilot most of the time and I didn’t have to do too much.
I wonder if that also sabotaged me since I’ve not had to practice the more difficult parts of the job.
No worries, UCS. We are always cool.
Same guy from the story gave me this advice when I went off to be a consultant.
If they were smart, they wouldn’t hire you in the first place
I think he meant that well run companies with smart employees don’t need consultants. But it was just as plausible he was taking a shot at me.
We hire consultants because they are billed to “Non-Personnel” expenses, plus it’s easier to shed them if need be by not re-bidding the position, since these are fixed-term contracts. It’s difficult to fire actual state employees.
Nah, I figured out you didn’t mean me.
It probably doesn’t help that the timekeeping software is actually from a separate company with whom the PEO contracts. We tell the PEO what we want, and they have to convey that to the timekeeping software company. But all we wanted to do was change the label on that form of paid time. 😞
UCS, I hated the people part of managing. Two jobs ago, I decided to demote myself and go back to just writing code. No more aspirations of climbing the greasy corporate pole.
Life is so much better.
I remember trying to do a performance improvement plan with a kid and his response to criticism was that it was a bad work atmosphere and I made it so work wasn’t fun. I told him that if work was fun, I could charge him for the privilege of coming in every day. I then told him that I had a boss when I was a kid who believed if you weren’t miserable you weren’t working hard enough. He was semi-serious. But he was actually a great boss because he was smart and a good teacher. Also very fair.
*Yeah, I loved the flunkies who you could give some general directions to and they’d go away and get it done.
As a consultant, your job is to a) make sure the manager who hired you gets all the credit if the project goes well and b) take all the blame if the project goes badly.
Guess which option happens more often?
@Jimbo – For me, the individual contributer track capped out $11k ago. It just gets more managerial from here on up.
I still have a drive to keep advancing. If only to stave off a feeling of failure. That means management 🙁
C – They write you a check to go away?
‘they seem to make simple things complicated.’
-every budget officer and HR person on earth
They must think it brings job security with it.
Good morning all! TGIF
Now, for something completely different, I offer you French TV’s The Secret Life of Walter Riddle.
From the 1999 album, The Violence of Amateurs. Oddly, to my ears, French TV (an American band) seems to be classified as Prog Rock rather than Jazz. Quirky doesn’t begin to describe them 😉
Share and enjoy!
Good morning, Beau! How are things up in The Mitten?
Good morning GT! We’ve had a bit of relief from the hot weather. Today’s high is forecast to be 74, which is entirely tolerable.
Other than that, pretty much the same old same old ;-\
I’m re-reading C.J. Cherryh’s Foreigner series, and loving it all over again. She’s up to 22 books (!) with at least 2 more coming.
Good morning, UCS, GT, and Beau
Whatta gang, whatta gang !
In my best Rodney voce
Morning.
Good morning, 4(20)! How are your bees?
Mind your own beeswax missy!
Good….whatever time of day it is where you are, Your Holiness!
8pm here. Just gave up on solving a stupid work issue. Will look again tomorrow. Time for NOMIHODAI!!!!!
GT are you going to the HH this year?
No HH this year, I’m afraid. TT has some health issues that argue against travel too far from home.
Good morning all ya’ll.
‘Zuckerberg in two more years’
It’s a classic look.
‘give him what he wants to stay’ apparently means we’re not going to give him anything he wants.
My compensation package is getting compared to people who don’t have to develop, set budget and schedules for multiple programs like I do, present to the general public on the regular, etc.
Thinking of applying to one of those positions so I can get back into a lazy role. I also happen to know that the manager for that group badly wants me back. Job hunting is commencing…
Good luck.
Good morning all you totally not AI chat bots!
🍳☔
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2R6S5CJWlco
🎶🎶
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Nice choice of movies this week. I missed it, but I can quote it at will after seeing it more times than I can count. I had it on VHS and still have it on DVD.
I used to quote the “Bitch better have my money” speech once the liquor started flowing. I still do in the right company.
“I’m dedicating this song to Debbie. Your a moist lady.”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6guyDDfq2-4
You’re not your.
You’re your yor of yore.
Good morning all!
My P322 in in Latham, my 97B is in some old guys house in Providence. No, I didn’t know there was a Providence NY either. On the way there I visited a lovely little cheese shop with suspiciously reasonable prices and lemon chess pies available (for considerably less reasonable prices)
Time to visit the Sheriff today and doff my cap and hand in my forms. Fortunately the bribe for my 2A rights is only $3 in this county.
Providence is so common a name, I’d have been more surprised if there were not one.
NPR this morning declared that the Butler shooterboi fired “into the rally.” He-who-must-not-be-named was not named.
The 63rd RSC patch is worn inverted in the film. That is all.
Stolen valor!
Man I can’t believe I missed this one, I have seen it a bunch of times but it’s been more than a decade and I really should watch it again. Fresh! For Jack of Spades, you suckas… I hope that nobody here OGed last night 😉